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Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says he’s a little surprised the Buckeyes’ defensive backs have struggled at times this season. But he’s not startled to be surprised because every season brings something that was unexpected. “Always,” Meyer...

A grade card on Ohio State’s 54-21 win over UNLV in a game probably more one-sided than the score showed. OFFENSE: A The Buckeyes’ first two offensive plays told a lot about how this game was going to go. On the first play, the offensive line opened a big...

COLUMBUS — Rashod Berry and and C.J. Saunders had played their positions before but they’d never been in this position before. A game like Ohio State’s 54-21 blowout of UNLV on Saturday opened the door for players who usually don’t get on the...

COLUMBUS — Ohio State’s first team did exactly what Urban Meyer wanted when it built an insurmountable lead in the first half of its 54-21 win over UNLV on Saturday at Ohio Stadium. And that allowed him to do what a significant part of Ohio State’s...

COLUMBUS – Last year for the Michigan game, Ohio State drew an Ohio Stadium-record crowd of 110,045 people. Last year in six home games, the Buckeyes’ opponent this Saturday, UNLV, attracted a total of 110,336 fans. Obviously, there is a different level of...

QUARTERBACKS Settle in for three more months of analyzing J.T. Barrett’s every move. Even hitting 25 of 33 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for another TD in a 38-7 win over Army last week hasn’t significantly diminished the discussion...

COLUMBUS — Probably much later than he expected, Erick Smith had the biggest game of his Ohio State career in a 38-7 win over Army last Saturday. The senior safety had a pass break-up that prevented a touchdown, a tackle on a kickoff to stop a long return that...

Ohio State fans have weighed in on where they think the Buckeyes could do better, so what does OSU coach Urban Meyer thinks needs to improve most? During his weekly press conference on Monday, Meyer said OSU has “so many issues that were exposed early in the...

After a busy week working overtime following the loss to Oklahoma, doom and gloom will be on vacation this week, somewhere far away from Ohio State football fans. Here’s a grade card on the Buckeyes’ 38-7 win over Army on Saturday that answered some, but...

COLUMBUS — J.T. Barrett doesn’t like to lose to anyone. Losing to someone twice? That’s even worse, least of all if that someone isn’t even in the stadium. After Ohio State’s 38-7 win over Army on Saturday, Barrett said one of the things...